ÍF XI. 7. 233. En Þorvaldr kvaðst eigi þat mundu gjöra, – "því at mér mun þat lítit tjá, þó at ek gjöra þat, ok vinn ek þat eigi til virðingar at deila við frændr mína."
CSI IV. 7. Thorvald responds when kinsmen urge him to challenge his brother Ketill þrymr for the return of the goðorð.
390. But Thorvald said he would not do that, "because it would be of little use to me eve if I did, and I am not going to gain honour by disputing with my own kinsmen."

ÍF XI. 12. 246. Þorgrímr svarar: "Ekki get ek hætta mega undir fjandr þessa, því at svó at eins lízt mér á þessa menn, at þeim muni duga vel hendr ok hjarta, ok munu þeir geta sótta okkr með skotum, því at þeir hæfa allt þat, er þeir skjóta til, bæði menn ok fugla," –tekr nú hestinn ok hleypr á bak.
CSI IV. 12.399. Thorgrim said, “I don't think I can risk myself against these devils, because as I see it they're strong in the hand and the heart, and they can attak us with their spears, because they hit whatever they aim at, both men and birds.” He took the horse and jumped on its back.

ÍF XI. 12. 247. “Þat
er lítil veiðr, því at þat er lítill fugl,
en njóttu heill handa, því at þann einn muntu veitt
hafa, at mér mun mikil aufúsa á vera.”CSI IV. 12. Droplaug to Helgi, whose hunting has
yielded “only one Dungbeetle.”400. “What did you catch since you left home?”
“Not a lot, mother,” said Helgi. “All I caught was a dung-beetle.”
“ That’s a small catch, because it’s a small bird,”
she replied, “but may your hands always serve you well, because that’s
the one thing you could have caught which would give me great pleasure.”

ÍF XI. 13. 255-6. “En ek hefi af
því gjört ferð mína eptir ykkr, at ek vil, at þit
varizt þat, sem ek mun segja ykkr, at þit látið
eigi vónda menn komast í milli ykkar ok mín, .
. .”CSI IV. 13. Bersi to Helgi and Grim:
406 . “The reason why I’ve come after you is because I
want you to take to heart what I’m going to tell you. Don’t
let scoundrels come between you and me, because you will not find that
I fail to support you, as long as you don’t attack me or my son Ormstein.”

ÍF XI. 18. 269. Nú sér Þorkell, í hvert vandræði komit var, ok mælti: “Mér
mun fara sem flestum, at ek mun kjósa at lifa, ef ek á kosti. Mun ek nú segja víst, at Austmaðrinn er í minni varðveizlu.”CSI IV. 18. Thorkel to Helgi, who is ready to torture
and kill him:415. Now Thorkell saw what a dilemma he was in, and said, “You
go hard at everything you have to deal with. I’ll do the same
as most others would, and choose life if I have a choice. I can tell
you now for sure that the Norwegian is under my protection.”

ÍF XI. 19. 273. “Er þat
öllum boðit at bjarga sér, meðan hann má.”CSI IV. 19. Gunnar, to Sveinung defending his trying
to save himself, endangered for the killing of Thidrandi:417. Gunnar replied, “I don’t hide the fact that
it was a terrible deed. My need is not less because of it. Everyone
tries to save his life while he can.”

ÍF XI. 19. 281. “Satt er þat,
sem mælt er, at opt verðr lítils vant, ok
get ek svó hér hafa orðit.”CSI IV. 19. Helgi discovers by the blood on his
spearhead that he wounded Gunnar, hiding under the boat:423. Then Helgi spoke: “There’s truth in the saying, that a miss is as good as a mile, and I think that’s
what has happened here. Other people’s ideas turn out worse than mine.”

ÍF XI. 19. 281. "Munum vér eigi auðnu til bera yfir höfuð[svörð]um Gunnars at standa, er dregr þá undan, er í hvekkingum var með oss.33hvekking: eltingaleikur (eiginlega: undanbrögð eða hlíðarstökk dýrs, sem elt er).CSI IV. 19.423. "It has not been our fate to find Gunnar's head at our feet; the one we are hunting has escaped."ÍF XI. 20. 282. “Svó
tekr nú at vera þín virðing, at náliga
vill svó hverr maðr sitja ok standa sem þú vilt.”CSI IV. 20. Helgi to his wife Thordis, who says
she’ll give up Gunnar to her brother Bjarni:425. “You can just think about what you owe me, because
you have now become only a little less respected than I am myself. Your honour
has grown so great that almost everyone will bow and scrape before you.”Ed. note. See Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða,
ÍF XI. 7. 124.

ÍF XI. 20. 284. Þórdís kvaðst eigi mega þat segja, er eigi var til ok hun vissi eigi, hvar væri.
CSI IV. 20.426. Thordis said she could not say something that did not exist, and that she did not know where he was.

ÍF XI. 23. 290. “Satt er þat,
sem mælt er, at öngum skyldi maðr treystast,
því at sá kann mann mest at blekkja, er hann hefir mestan
trúnað á.” CSI IV. 23. Hallstein to Bersi, who doesn’t
think it wise for him to marry Droplaug and who doesn’t want to support
him in this:429. Hallstein replied, “There’s truth in the saying,
that a man should trust nobody, because the one you’ve
trusted most betrays you worst.”

ÍF XI. 23. 290. “Satt er þat,
sem mælt er, at öngum skyldi maðr treystast, því
at sá kann mann mest at blekkja, er hann hefir mestan trúnað
á.”CSI IV. 23. Hallstein to Bersi, who doesn’t
think it wise for him to marry Droplaug and who doesn’t want to support
him in this:429. Hallstein replied, “There’s truth in the saying,
that a man should trust nobody, because the one you’ve trusted
most betrays you worst.”